History Awesome / DungeonsAndDragons

--> '''Eric''': I hope we at least give him a stomach ache!

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** Low-key but still awesome: When Dungeon Master makes his requisite appearance, Eric takes notes on his CrypticConversation in what looks like a throwaway gag. Come the climax, [[ChekovsLecture he consults his notes and is able to translate said cryptic instructions and tell Presto exactly what he needs to do to save all the unicorns.]] It works!

** Low-key but still awesome: When Dungeon Master makes his requisite appearance, Eric takes notes on his CrypticConversation in what looks like a throwaway gag. Come the climax, he consults his notes and is able to translate said cryptic instructions and tell Presto exactly what he needs to do to save all the unicorns. It works!

* From her role in the battle with Syrith's {{mooks}}, to escaping with Kosar from Syrith's laboratory via SuperWindowJump, to making it to the platform of the temple in time to gain the power to defeat Syrith and end her reign of terror over the city, this episode is dedicated to showing what a BadAss warrior the Acrobat really is.

* Example from an {{Eberron}} novel (not really Literature [=CMOA=] material, because the book is just a tie-in to the setting): a human has been enslaved by one of the less pleasant Valenar clans. Because the clan is being called back to the service of the Darkwood Crown, and the king wearing said crown doesn't approve of slavery, said human began suspecting he was about to get deaded. So he immediately calls the leader of the clan a ''disgracer of the blood'' (''[[PardonMyKlingon Vadis nia]]''). This is ''literally'' '''[[BerserkButton the worst insult in the culture of the Valaes Tairn]]'''. As a result, the clan leader goes apeshit berzerk and begins attempting to dismember the slave with [[DualWield a knife in each hand]]...our plucky slave, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Cutter, because he served as a woodcutter]], duly grabs hold of the clan leader's wrists and forces him to slit his own throat. Beating the leader of a clan of elves who are ''feared all over Khorvaire as its scariest combatants''.
* Another canonical {{Eberron}} example: the initial response of the [[OurElvesAreBetter Elves of Valenar]] when a group was hired by Cyre. Rather than sending a note saying "OK, we'll go hurt people for cash on your behalf", they ''kill a Karrnathi general, engrave "We accept" onto his skull in Elven, and send it to the Cyran queen''. Eberron has the greatest spin on OurElvesAreBetter in the history of the universe.

* [[http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Pun-Pun_%283.5e_Optimized_Character_Build%29 Pun-Pun the Kobold]], otherwise known as the ultimate optimized character build. By taking advantage of an obscure flaw in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rules, this thought experiment managed to gain infinite stats, every special ability of any creature ever, and unlimited divine rank all at character level ''5''. [[HumanoidAbomination Koboldoid Abomination ]], yeah.

* [[http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Pun-Pun_%283.5e_Optimized_Character_Build%29 Pun-Pun the Kobold]], otherwise known as the ultimate optimized character build. By taking advantage of an obscure flaw in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rules, this thought experiment managed to gain infinite stats, every special ability of any creature ever, and unlimited divine rank all at character level ''5''. [[Koboldoid Abomination HumanoidAbomination]], yeah.

* [[http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Pun-Pun_%283.5e_Optimized_Character_Build%29 Pun-Pun the Kobold]], otherwise known as the ultimate optimized character build. By taking advantage of an obscure flaw in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rules, this thought experiment managed to gain infinite stats, every special ability of any creature ever, and unlimited divine rank all at character level ''5''.

* Dashing in and protecting the others from falling boulders. Everyone is surprised by his action.

* Venger goes OneWingedAngel [[http://www.dungeonsdragonscartoon.com/2009/08/metamorphosed-venger.htmlon the children]].

* Hank flash-blinds DemoDragon by smashing the talisman Venger gave them.

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* [[spoiler: Snail's death]]. While it's supposed to be tragic, he was such a [[TheScrappy scrappy]] that it's outright relieving when he's [[CurbStompBattle beaten to death]] by [[TheDragon Damodar]].

* Despite being tortured by [[MakeYouWatch images of his friends in danger and being powerless to help them]], he's the first to realize it's all an illusion and break the spell by facing his fear.

[[AC:Team]]
* "Night of No Tomorrow": The kids decide to pull a SummonBiggerFish on Venger, and sic Tiamat on him by opening the trapdoor she had been locked in.
* "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow": Bobby, Diana, and Eric come up with a FastballSpecial technique to destroy the portal that Venger had been using to lure heroes to their deaths.
* "Beauty and the Bogbeast": Hank and Sheila taking down the giant, animate statue in the jungle.

[[AC:Eric]]
* "Eye of the Beholder": Eric pulls a [[Film/ANewHope Han Solo]] during the climax when his friends all immediately rush from the portal home to try to protect Sir John from Venger. Eric has no intention of joining them ("I don't believe what I'm seeing!"), turns his back on the fight, prepares to jump through, stands there for a second... and [[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack turns right around]] ("I don't believe what I'm ''doing!''"). He saves Sir John and his son from Venger's next attack just in time, BigDamnHeroes style.
* "Valley of the Unicorns": Dashing in and protecting the others from falling boulders. Everyone is surprised by his action.
** Low-key but still awesome: When Dungeon Master makes his requisite appearance, Eric takes notes on his CrypticConversation in what looks like a throwaway gag. Come the climax, he consults his notes and is able to translate said cryptic instructions and tell Presto exactly what he needs to do to save all the unicorns. It works!
* "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow": Eric once again rushes headlong into danger to save Bobby and Terri. Bobby calls this "the second-bravest thing I ever saw."
* "Day of the Dungeon Master": In one of the rare one-on-one battles between one of the heroes and Venger, Eric attempts to pull a HeroicSacrifice to get the others home. While they don't make it through the portal, he ''does'' save their lives.
* "The Winds of Darkness": Per the executives' directive, Eric still disagrees with the rest of the team -- with Hank captured and the rest of the team despondent and unable to figure out what to do, Eric's [[{{Determinator}} the only one who refuses to give up]]. He takes the lead for the rest of the episode, exhorting the team when things look hopeless, and insisting on going forward no matter how much their new ally tells them it's too dangerous and encourages them to give up. When they finally reach the Darkling's forest, Presto asks him in the most natural way, "What the plan, Eric?" He then lays out the battle plan for the climax as if he's been doing this all his life. In short, the way he shines in the unplanned series finale truly does make up for how the writers were forced to treat him throughout all the episodes prior.

[[AC:Sheila]]
* "In Search of the Dungeon Master": Despite her Shrinking Violet tendencies, Sheila manages to evade capture, retrieve her friends' weapons, and free them.
* "The Lost Children": She's backing away from two Lizard Men, nervously telling them that if they don't leave her alone, they'd be sorry. Then she spots the laser tripwire she'd evaded earlier, and more confident, repeats her assertion. The Lizard Men charge her, and trip the trap, caging themselves. She then runs past them, mocking them, "She go bye-bye."
* "Citadel of Shadow": After being tricked by Kareena, Sheila manages to get back at her, infuriating Kareena, who lashes out with her magic against the invisible Thief, until she accidentally reveals the hidden door. Sheila's snark after this as she steals the RingOfPower is classic.
--> '''Sheila''': Your magic is as reliable as your friendship.
** Later, when Sheila goes back to save Kareena from Venger, she ends up using the two magic rings to imprison Venger. Since "Requiem" was never produced or aired, this is Venger's last appearance in the show, giving the impression that Sheila singlehandedly defeated the BigBad once-and-for-all ''on her own''.

[[AC:Bobby]]
* "Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn": He and Eric are snarking at each other as a massive tower collapses behind them. A massive stone falls, seemingly on top of Bobby from the viewpoint of the others, only for Bobby to nonchalantly smash his way through and keep up his snarking with Eric as if nothing had happened.
* "The Garden of Zinn": Saving his team by singlehandedly fighting off the sea monster that surprises them, even getting almost lethally injured for his troubles.

[[AC:Diana]]
* "The Garden of Zinn": Saving the boys from the giant worm.
* "Child of the Stargzaer": From her role in the battle with Syrith's {{mooks}}, to escaping with Kosar from Syrith's laboratory via SuperWindowJump, to making it to the platform of the temple in time to gain the power to defeat Syrith and end her reign of terror over the city, this episode is dedicated to showing what a BadAss warrior the Acrobat really is.

[[AC:Hank]]
* "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow": He's the only one who [[NoSell doesn't succumb]] to the maze's HatePlague and is able to snap the others out of it with one of his arrow-fireworks displays.
* "Quest of the Skeleton Warrior": Despite being tortured by [[MakeYouWatch images of his friends in danger and being powerless to help them]], he's the first to realize it's all an illusion and break the spell by facing his fear.
* "The Box": Jumping into the abyss before defeating the giant wasps and getting himself and the others to safety may have been overly dramatic, but it was awesome to watch!

** Low-key but still awesome: When Dungeon Master makes his requisite appearance, Eric takes notes on his CrypticConversation in what looks like a thruway gag. Come the climax, he consults his notes and is able to translate said cryptic instructions and tell Presto exactly what he needs to do to save all the unicorns. It works!

* In the very first episode, the kids decide to pull an EnemyMine on Venger, and sic Tiamat on him by opening the trapdoor she had been locked in.
* In "Valley of the Unicorns", Eric gets one for dashing in and protecting the others from falling boulders. Everyone is surprised by his action.
* In "Search for the Dungeon Master", Sheila, despite her Shrinking Violet tendencies, manages to evade capture, retrieve her friends' weapons, and free them.
* In "The Lost Children" Sheila is backing away from two Lizard Men, nervously telling them that if they don't leave her alone, they'd be sorry. Then she spots the laser tripwire she'd evaded earlier, and more confident, repeats her assertion. The Lizard Men charge her, and trip the trap, caging themselves. She then runs past them, mocking them, "She go bye-bye."
* Again, in "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow", Eric once again rushes headlong into danger to save Bobby and Terri.
** Later in that episode, the team sends Terri home, and then come up with a FastballSpecial technique to destroy the portal that Venger had been using to lure heroes to their deaths.
* Eric attempts to pull a HeroicSacrifice in "Day of the Dungeon Master" to get the others home.
* Bobby gets a great one in "Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn". He and Eric are snarking at each other as a massive tower collapses behind them. A massive stone falls, seemingly on top of Bobby from the viewpoint of the others, only for Bobby to nonchalantly smash his way through and keep up his snarking with Eric as if nothing had happened.
* After being tricked by Kareena in "Citadel of Shadow", Sheila manages to get back at her, infuriating Kareena who lashes out with her magic against the invisible Thief, until she accidentally reveals the hidden door. Sheila's snark after is classic.
--> '''Sheila''': ''Your magic is as reliable as your friendship.''

* On the Wizards.com D&D boards, Raz the Rogue mage (played by Rickel) is generally considered purified awesome. He got so popular that Rickel wrote an ''original story'' starring Raz [[http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=687430 here]]

Any examples for this must be taken from published DungeonsAndDragons material, not your personal experiences in a game.

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